Paul Keita
# Paul Keita

Paul Fadiala Keita (born 23 June 1992) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian club URSL Visé.

## Club career

Keita began his professional career with Greek Football League side PAS Giannina in 2010, having previously played for the youth sides of Senegal Premier League side AS Douanes and Primeira Liga side S.L. Benfica. His professional début for PAS Giannina came in a 3–1 victory over Pierikos on 11 October 2010. He became a regular player for PAS Giannina that year, and went on to make a total of 29 appearances for the club as they were promoted to the Superleague. However, his appearances became limited over the next three seasons; although he made 24 appearances during the 2012–13 season, only nine of these were starts. After making nine appearances during the 2013–14 season, Keita switched to Superleague side Kalloni, and made twelve appearances for his new club before the end of the season. On 16 January 2016, Keita signed a two and a half years' contract with Atromitos for an undisclosed fee.

Kaita signed for Kerkyra on 31 January 2017 but was released on 3 March 2017.

On 23 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with the third-tier Belgian National Division 1 club URSL Visé.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 9 December 2017

| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| PAS Giannina | 2010–11 | Greek Football League | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2011–12 | Superleague | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2012–13 | Superleague | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2013–14 | Superleague | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| PAS Giannina | Total | Total | 68 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 78 | 0 |
| Kalloni | 2013–14 | Superleague | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | – | – | 13 | 1 |
| Kalloni | 2014–15 | Superleague | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | – | – | 29 | 1 |
| Kalloni | 2015–16 | Superleague | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Kalloni | Total | Total | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 56 | 2 |
| Atromitos | 2015–16 | Superleague | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Atromitos | 2016–17 | Superleague | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| Atromitos | Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 0 |
| Kerkyra | 2016–17 | Superleague | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Kerkyra | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Mezőkövesd | 2017–18 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Mezőkövesd | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 161 | 2 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 182 | 2 |
